Post: #793

Military Press is a pain in the arse to improve on. It's my love/hate lift. I'm a bee's dick away from 1xBW strict press (1.5kg or ~3.3lb) and it's been like that for months now! I don't dedicate enough time towards it though as it's not my priority lift.

Just throwing it blind out there, but for newbies, the best tip I can give for a strict press is to think about it as a front delt raise i.e raise your elbows up first (imagine you have stumpy arms which only end at the elbows) with elbows pointing forward and down at the first half of the lift, then flaring out near lockout.

That has improved many novice lifters' press in my experience.

Then the real struggle starts...